Off Road Racing Rock Crawlers - Guide
Photography by Boyd Jaynes
| GENERAL |
| Vehicle: | Ford F-150 |
| Owner: | Herbst Motorsports, |
| Las Vegas, NV |
| Driver: | Ed Herbst |
| Estimate Value: | $375,000 |
| ENGINE |
| Engine: | Ford V-8 by |
| Shaver Specialties |
| Displacement (ci): | 495 |
| Intake: | Electronic fuel |
| injection by EFI |
| Power (hp): | 800 |
| Torque (lb-ft): | 655 @ 5,800 rpm |
| DRIVETRAIN |
| Transmission: | Weismann |
| six-speed, sequential |
| Rearend: | Custom live axle |
| by Chrisman |
| FRAME/BODY |
| Chassis: | Chrome-moly tube |
| frame by Mike Smith/ |
| Herbst Motorsports |
| Body: | Carbon-fiber Ford F-150 |
| SUSPENSION |
| Front: | Custom independent |
| double A-arm, 22-inch travel, |
| custom shocks by Mike Smith |
| Rear: | Four-link with live axle, |
| 30-inch wheel travel, |
| custom shocks by Mike Smith |
| Tires: | 37x12.5x17 |
| BFGoodrich Baja T/A |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Weight (lbs.): | 5,900 |
| Wheelbase (in.): | 124 |
| Track width (in.): | 92 |
| Top speed (mph): | 135 |
Herbst Motorsports Ford Trophy TruckBehold Off-road Racing Nirvana. Possessing mechanical engineering proven over years of development and the newest in whiz-bang technology, the Herbst Motorsports Trophy Truck is both state-of the-art and a crystal ball to the sport's possible future. Hardly a work in progress, despite the on-going development of Herbst crew chief Mike Smith and the always-enthusiastic Herbst Motorsports crew, this wholly unique Ford F-150 delivered veteran driver Ed Herbst to the 2002 SCORE Trophy Truck championship.
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